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THE BETHEL UNIVERSITY
C L A
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
"Everyone speak the truth to your neighbor''''
Volume 80 * Number 8
Outside
the
Bubble
Sarah Nichols
News Editor
World
An American nun was
shot to death on Feb. 12 in
the Amazon rain forest.
Dorothy Stang;: 74, had
spent the past decade
defending human rights and
the environment in Brazil.
Stanghad received several
assasination threats for her
work prior to her death.
Nation
Pamela Turner, a 27
year-old elementary teacher
in Tennessee, has been
charged with having inappropriate sexual relations
with a 13-year-old student, f
"The reality is: a'child is
a child" said Bob Shoo,
Kansas State University education" professor, , "It's
immoral, illegal and unethical of any educator to have
sex with a student." Turner
faces charges of 15 counts of
sexual battery and 13 counts
of statutory rape.
Minnesota
U.S. Rep. Mark
Kennedy has announced that
he will run for the
Republican nomination for
Sen. Mark Dayton's recently
vacated Senate seat. The
announcement was expected
by others in the party.
Rod Grams and Gil
Gutknecht are also considering running. No Democrats
have been announced yet.
Senior Sonja Erickson remembered
Krista Clark
Editor-in-Chief
On Thursday, February 3,
senior nursing major Sonja
Erickson collided with another
vehicle as she was driving near
her home in Oak Grove. An off-
duty paramedic, who was near
the scene of the accident, immediately called for help and Sonja
was rushed to the hospital. She
had been driving alone and was
identified by her Bethel ID card.
After emergency surgery, Sonja
passed away early Friday morning in the intensive care unit.
The shock of her death
shook Bethel's campus, especially Erickson's classmates and
professors in the nursing department who continue to grieve her
passing. The Bethel community
has mouned alongside Sonja's
friends and family in Oak
Grove, MN, where she lived.
With strength in her voice,
Sonja's mother, Jackie
Erickson, said that her daughter
was an exhorter and had a gift
for always knowing what people needed. "I was most amazed
by all the people who
approached me in church to tell
me how much they were
impacted by her," she said. "So
many people were touched by
her life."
Those in the nursing
department agree. A highly
motivated student, "Sonja was
definitely a leader in her
class,"said Nancy Owen,
Erickson's academic advisor.
"She was wonderful at encouraging and motivating the other
students."
Sonja was also caring
toward clients and patients at
the hospitals where she worked.
Josie Dyrud, a fellow senior
June 22, 1983 - February 4. 2005
nursing student, said diat Sonja
was precise, which made her a
. great nurse.
"I remember one time
when we were at clinical and
she took an hour to administer a
patient's meds because she was
reading off every single side-
effect of every medicine he had,
which made him take forever to
decide if he wanted each one or
not," Dyrud recalled with a
smile. Professor Owen also
affirmed Sonja's attention to
detail, saying that Sonja was
excellent at learning the facts
and figures for class.
In addition to being a dedicated nurse, Sonja was extremely committed to her family. One
of fifteen children, (although
she was preceded in death by
one brother four years ago),
Sonja assumed a caretaking role
to her younger siblings. She
would often spend her free time
with diem at home.
"I was amazed at her commitment to her family," said
Owen. Sonja was often rushing
to get home and help the other
kids with their homework.
Sonja's mother expressed
concern for her other children.
"They're nervous," she said,
"because they're wondering
who will take care of them."She
continued, "I just keep telling
them to do what she taught
them and it will be okay."
continued on page 3
Author, musician, teacher Michael Card visits campus
Artist Michael Card visited campus Feb. 9-11.
Sarah Nichols
News Edilor
Singer, songwriter and
author Michael Card may be
most widely-known for his long
and prolific musical career, but
he said that he really became a
musician "by accident."
Card visited campus last
week, speaking in chapel and at
an Ash Wednesday Service. A
successful musician in the
Christian industry. Card has
released over 20 albums over
the course of his career, which
began while he was in college.
"For any college guy.
music is for getting girls," Card
said. -"That's all it was for
me ["During college, Card was
asked by his pastor to write choruses to accompany sermons,
which he did for over six years.
He didn't realize it at the time,
but Card said the pastor was
really "teaching me to be a
songwriter." But while Card has
enjoyed his musical career, he
said that all his life he's wanted
to be something else - a teacher.
"'Since I was 14, I've felt a
very strong calling to be a Bible
teacher," Card said, looking
completely at home seated in an
office on campus, surrounded
by stacks of books, many of
them his own. "That's what I
pretend to be in chapel and the
Ash Wednesday service. I've
really just been a frustrated
musician all these years.
Teaching is what I've really
wanted to do all my life."
As his music career has
slowed down a bit in recent
years, Card said he is in "a transition place." He has turned his
focus more to his writing, and
said he saw a huge need for
small groups and discipling
within the church.
"I really like the idea of
walking with people where they
are at," Card said. "I decided it's
time for me to step up to die
plate, to be deliberate with discipling." He has begun several
small groups, and says Uiat if
only someone were willing to
support him, he would quit his
job and just teach Bible studies.
"I would be blissfully
happy," he said, adding. "I never
thought I'd have a min-
continued on page 2
BSA presidential candidates,
page 3
Faculty testimony,
page 8

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THE BETHEL UNIVERSITY
C L A
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
"Everyone speak the truth to your neighbor''''
Volume 80 * Number 8
Outside
the
Bubble
Sarah Nichols
News Editor
World
An American nun was
shot to death on Feb. 12 in
the Amazon rain forest.
Dorothy Stang;: 74, had
spent the past decade
defending human rights and
the environment in Brazil.
Stanghad received several
assasination threats for her
work prior to her death.
Nation
Pamela Turner, a 27
year-old elementary teacher
in Tennessee, has been
charged with having inappropriate sexual relations
with a 13-year-old student, f
"The reality is: a'child is
a child" said Bob Shoo,
Kansas State University education" professor, , "It's
immoral, illegal and unethical of any educator to have
sex with a student." Turner
faces charges of 15 counts of
sexual battery and 13 counts
of statutory rape.
Minnesota
U.S. Rep. Mark
Kennedy has announced that
he will run for the
Republican nomination for
Sen. Mark Dayton's recently
vacated Senate seat. The
announcement was expected
by others in the party.
Rod Grams and Gil
Gutknecht are also considering running. No Democrats
have been announced yet.
Senior Sonja Erickson remembered
Krista Clark
Editor-in-Chief
On Thursday, February 3,
senior nursing major Sonja
Erickson collided with another
vehicle as she was driving near
her home in Oak Grove. An off-
duty paramedic, who was near
the scene of the accident, immediately called for help and Sonja
was rushed to the hospital. She
had been driving alone and was
identified by her Bethel ID card.
After emergency surgery, Sonja
passed away early Friday morning in the intensive care unit.
The shock of her death
shook Bethel's campus, especially Erickson's classmates and
professors in the nursing department who continue to grieve her
passing. The Bethel community
has mouned alongside Sonja's
friends and family in Oak
Grove, MN, where she lived.
With strength in her voice,
Sonja's mother, Jackie
Erickson, said that her daughter
was an exhorter and had a gift
for always knowing what people needed. "I was most amazed
by all the people who
approached me in church to tell
me how much they were
impacted by her," she said. "So
many people were touched by
her life."
Those in the nursing
department agree. A highly
motivated student, "Sonja was
definitely a leader in her
class,"said Nancy Owen,
Erickson's academic advisor.
"She was wonderful at encouraging and motivating the other
students."
Sonja was also caring
toward clients and patients at
the hospitals where she worked.
Josie Dyrud, a fellow senior
June 22, 1983 - February 4. 2005
nursing student, said diat Sonja
was precise, which made her a
. great nurse.
"I remember one time
when we were at clinical and
she took an hour to administer a
patient's meds because she was
reading off every single side-
effect of every medicine he had,
which made him take forever to
decide if he wanted each one or
not," Dyrud recalled with a
smile. Professor Owen also
affirmed Sonja's attention to
detail, saying that Sonja was
excellent at learning the facts
and figures for class.
In addition to being a dedicated nurse, Sonja was extremely committed to her family. One
of fifteen children, (although
she was preceded in death by
one brother four years ago),
Sonja assumed a caretaking role
to her younger siblings. She
would often spend her free time
with diem at home.
"I was amazed at her commitment to her family," said
Owen. Sonja was often rushing
to get home and help the other
kids with their homework.
Sonja's mother expressed
concern for her other children.
"They're nervous," she said,
"because they're wondering
who will take care of them."She
continued, "I just keep telling
them to do what she taught
them and it will be okay."
continued on page 3
Author, musician, teacher Michael Card visits campus
Artist Michael Card visited campus Feb. 9-11.
Sarah Nichols
News Edilor
Singer, songwriter and
author Michael Card may be
most widely-known for his long
and prolific musical career, but
he said that he really became a
musician "by accident."
Card visited campus last
week, speaking in chapel and at
an Ash Wednesday Service. A
successful musician in the
Christian industry. Card has
released over 20 albums over
the course of his career, which
began while he was in college.
"For any college guy.
music is for getting girls," Card
said. -"That's all it was for
me ["During college, Card was
asked by his pastor to write choruses to accompany sermons,
which he did for over six years.
He didn't realize it at the time,
but Card said the pastor was
really "teaching me to be a
songwriter." But while Card has
enjoyed his musical career, he
said that all his life he's wanted
to be something else - a teacher.
"'Since I was 14, I've felt a
very strong calling to be a Bible
teacher," Card said, looking
completely at home seated in an
office on campus, surrounded
by stacks of books, many of
them his own. "That's what I
pretend to be in chapel and the
Ash Wednesday service. I've
really just been a frustrated
musician all these years.
Teaching is what I've really
wanted to do all my life."
As his music career has
slowed down a bit in recent
years, Card said he is in "a transition place." He has turned his
focus more to his writing, and
said he saw a huge need for
small groups and discipling
within the church.
"I really like the idea of
walking with people where they
are at," Card said. "I decided it's
time for me to step up to die
plate, to be deliberate with discipling." He has begun several
small groups, and says Uiat if
only someone were willing to
support him, he would quit his
job and just teach Bible studies.
"I would be blissfully
happy," he said, adding. "I never
thought I'd have a min-
continued on page 2
BSA presidential candidates,
page 3
Faculty testimony,
page 8